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Motifs — first 20 of 231
- God in three forms: gecho, shark, or priest. A132.0.1.2
- God represented as priest. A137.13
- Priest stamps on stone to prove truth of pope; print is still visible. A972.1.2
- Origin of priesthood (shamanism, etc.) A1654
- Origin of priests. A1654.1
- Why fig tree is chief priest of the trees. A2777.1
- Priest of snakes. B252.3
- Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
- Tabu: discourtesy toward priest (rabbi, etc.). C94.1.3
- Tabu: opening too much of magic box at a time. A priest gives a prince a sealed packet which he is to open in time of distress. He must open only one portion at a time. C321.1
- Tabus of priests. C573
- Magic invisibility of priests. D1981.5
- Resuscitation by holy man (priest, etc.). E121.5
- Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls. E243
- Ghost drives priest into oven. E264
- Grateful priest returns to save gambler from devil. E341.5
- Unquiet dead sinner taken to priest for absolution. E411.0.2
- Priest's concubine cannot rest in grave. E411.2.1
- Ghost of priest cannot rest because he failed to say certain masses for the dead. (Cf. E341.3, Q521.6.) E415.3
- Revenant as priest or parson. (Cf. E338.5, E417.) E425.2.3
Episodes
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) · Chapter II II. Priestly Kings
- Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena · Chapter V: The Main Source of the Trismegistic Literature according to Manetho, High Priest of Egypt
- Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None · Chapter 26 XXVI. THE PRIESTS.
Tale types
- ATU 1621* The Horse is Cleverer than the Priest
- ATU 1741 The Priest's Guest and the Eaten Chickens
- ATU 1832F* Invitation to Dinner (previously Boy Invited to Dinner by Priest)
- ATU 1848D The Clergyman Forgets Easter (previously Priest Confuses Easter and Christmas)
- ATU 759A The Sinful Priest
- ATU 810A* The Priest and the Devil
- ATU 831 Clergyman in Disguise as the Devil (previously The Dishonest Priest)